Holder for paper bags and other articles.



PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

E. 0. LAjIRD. HOLDER FOR P PER BAGS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION I'ILBD AUG.17, 1906.

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HOLDER FOR PAPER BAGS AND OTHB R ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.17, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN G. LAIRD, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SINGLETON B.

BEDINGER, OF TERRELL, TEXAS.

HOLDER FOR PAPER BAGS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed August 17, 1906. Serial No. 330,982.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN C. LAIRD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Paper Bags and other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper holders of that character designed to hold papers of dif ferent sizes and paper bags of various sizes, or either of them, in positions to be withdrawn from the holder singly, as needed.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a device of the character referred to which will contain a quantity of papers or bags of various sizesor both within a single holder which will occupy but small space, and in which any of the papers or bags may be removed singly Without interfering with the remaining papers or bags in the holder, and in which all the papers or bags of any size may be removed without disarranging the others.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for the purpose referred to in which provision is made for quickly inserting a number of sheets of paper or bags of any size without interfering with the other packages in the holder.

Still another object is to provide a paper and bag holder of simple construction which may be suspended from a wall or other support, or which may be arrangedon a standard to revolve to give ready access to sheets of wrapping paper or bags of different sizes.

These and other objects are attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder made in accordance with my invention, and designed to be suspended from a nail driven into a wall or other suitable support; Fig. 2 is a similar view of a holder provided with a supporting standard secured to the floor by means of a metal bracket; Fig. 3 is a perspec tive view of the device shown in Fig. 1, and containing a quantity of paper sheets and bags of diiferentsizes; Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through one of the upright sup porting bags and one of the holding tubes; Fig. 5 is a detail view showing in perspective the sliding jaw for closing and opening the mouth of the holders, and Fig. 6 is a side view of a double sided holder for containing p aiper upon one side and bags upon the other s1 e.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of the invention, the nu meral 1 designates the upright supporting bar, any number of which may be utilized, depending upon the width of the horizontal holding tube 2 which may be desired to be used. When the paper holder is to be sup ported upon a wall, the rear edges of the upriglits are provided with plates 3, each having a ey hole slot therein, and adapted to enwill be understood. When the uprights are to be secured to the floor, a metal bracket 4 is secured thereto, as shown in Fig. 2, or they may be connected to a revolving standard or mounted to rotate on a suitable support. These uprights are provided at suitable intervals with curved openingsor recesses 5 to support the holding tubes 2 and it will be noted that the upper wall 6 of these openings or recesses are nearly horizontal, the purpose of which is to prevent the sheets of paper or bags to be easily withdrawn from the tubes- 2, the latter conforming in curvature to the recesses.

The holding tubes 2 are secured within the recesses or openings 5 by suitable fastenings 7. These holding tubes are provided with a longitudinal mouth or opening 8, extending from end to end thereof, and to close this mouth and to hold the paper or bags in the tube, a sliding jaw 9 is connected to the up right at its front portion. The sliding aw may consist of a strip 10 of the same length as the tube, and connected to said strip in any suitable manner, is a sliding plate 11, one end of said plate being connected to said strip 10 and the opposite end being bent outwardly to form a catch 12. The plate 11 is mounted to slide in a guideway 13, consisting of two members secured to the sides of the upright 1, and provided with flanges 14 be tween which the plate 1]. slides. A bar or shank 15 is connected to the strip 10 and ex tends into a recess or socket in the upright 1, and is encircled by a spring 16, the lower end of which is seated at the bottom of the socket and the upper end bears against the strip 10. The tension of the spring 16 is exerted to close the jaw 9 against the paper or bags in the tube 2, and to always exert a slight pres sure against the paper or bags so that as they are withdrawn the jaws closes upon the next 'age a nail or screw driven into the wall, as

succeeding sheet or bag, until every one is withdrawn, thus insuring the retention of the bags or sheets in the holder whether there b few or many therein.

A spring latch 17 is secured to the upright 1 in position to hold the jaw 9 open when the catch 12 is engaged thereby, thus holding the mouth of the tube 2 open for the purpose of placing papers or bags therein.

For certain kinds of paper sheets it has been found desirable to provide a frictional strip 18 of rubber or other suitable material to be connected to the edge of the tube 2, or to the sliding jaw.

The manner of using the device will be understood from the foregoing. The papers or bags are double and inserted in the tube 2, with one layer projecting slightly beyond the other in order to provide means for withdrawing one sheet or bag at a time.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a paper holder made in accordance with my invention may be utilized to contain a quantity of sheets of paper and bags of different sizes, and that they can be withdrawn one at a time until all are used.

- I may provide uprights in which the holding. tubes are supported upon opposite sides thereof, thus increasing the capacity of the holder, and economizing space.

Various changes in form and proportions of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim is 1. A paper holder comprising an upright support, a transverse paper holding tube provided with a mouth throughout its length u ri ht a transverse a er holdin tube se- P a P P a:

curedto said upright within the recessed portion of the upright, a mouth formed in said tube, and a slidable spring actuated jaw adjacent to the said tube for opening and closing said mouth.

' '3. A paper and bag holder comprising a recessed upright, tubes secured in the recesses in said uprights, a mouth formed in said tubes and a spring actuated sliding jaw for said mouth.

4. In a paper holder, an upright, a paper holding tube supported thereon; a mouth in said tube, and a frictional strip on the lip of said mouth.

5. A paper and bag holder, comprising a tube having a mouth, a spring actuated sliding jaw for closing said mouth, a catch on said aw and a latch for engaging said catch to hold the mouth open.

6. A paper and bag holder, comprising uprights, paperholding tubes supported upon said uprights, said tubes each provided with a mouth, a spring actuated jaw for said mouth, means for holding the mouth open, and a frictional strip on one of the lips of said mouth.

EDWIN C. LAIRD.

In presence of A. G. CAPITAINE, THERESA MURRAY. 

